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Originally Posted by 12clicks
Trolls were allowed to chase away business people.
Now you have a troll board. You can't sell advertising for a troll board so you get no improvements or moderation.
It's the typical death spiral.
Swim in the pool of shit you created.  |
At one point there used to be moderators here. What happened? Was clicking the "ban" button or the "delete" button too much effort? Or maybe they got tired of doing it for free.
The trolling here is nothing compared to other major forums out there, which are thriving.
The trolls here aren't even clever. This is minor league shit.
Here is how to resurrect this forum:
1. Put moderators back on the job.
2. Make this a pay-optional / benefits forum. Paying members get immunity from bans and access to other benefits. Non-paying posters are subject to rolling bans at any time.
3. Ban trolls intelligently. Meaning, follow some basic rules of etiquette such as, don't derail or hi-jack the thread with off-topic crap. Give posters the ability to "ban" someone from their thread only. If someone is causing a disturbance, they could be blocked from that thread by the OP. Wide-speeping bans don't work and neither does banning people for saying something un-politically correct. People need to blow off steam. Lifetime bans only kill a forum.
4. Zero tolerance for illegal posts, such as death threats, bomb threats, etc. Poster is banned, thread is deleted.
5. There needs to be a reason for people to be here. Being interesting is a good start.